Taste the Mike Florio salt

[Shake n Blake]

(04-24-2020, 05:54 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: I always hear about Florio being a a Steelers fan, but he was wearing a Bears shirt? What gives?

Florio was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia, which is 1 hour south of Pittsburgh. Steelers country through and through. He also told a story about receiving a Steelers magnetic football game for Christmas when he was a kid. He's always been favorable to the Steelers and unreasonably harsh on the Bengals, and I'm not the type to say that about everybody in the media.

That said, there's also been a lot of rumors about him being a Vikings fan, and recently Chris Simms said "I know you're a big Vikings homer" on one of their podcasts, which drew a look of death from Mike.

I'd wager based on everything I've seen that Mike was probably a Steelers fan as a kid and has immense respect for their organization, but is more of a Vikings fan as an adult. He's also a WVU homer and really went in on the Bengals and Marvin Lewis when Marv threw a shot at his alma mater when talking about Chris Henry. Not sure if that still plays into it. Some people really hold grudges forever, and he seems like that type.